Director, Field Security

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Joining Collibra’s Field Security team

The Field Security team acts as the critical bridge between our Field teams and our customers, ensuring customer trust remains our number one priority. We engage with Sales, Product, and Engineering to structure security initiatives that add business value and foster high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Our customers are our true north, and we live this value by consulting directly with strategically important customers to provide resolution on significant, business-critical security issues.

This is a hybrid role based in our Raleigh office. Our hybrid model means you’ll work from the office at least two days each week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to Sales combining deep cybersecurity expertise with the ability to engage externally with customers, prospects and regulators.
• Act as an excellent communicator, articulating and owning the security narrative and insights to help drive sales.
• Be a customer-facing security leader representing Collibra’s security posture, roadmap and philosophy.
• Collaborate and negotiate with internal business, product, and functional leadership to define and manage customer requirements and regulations into clear security objectives.
• Analyze customer needs, requirements, and expectations from a product technical and security perspective to optimally allocate Field Security resources.
• Handle complex, strategically important situations by forming and implementing complex project plans, specifications, and schedules to ensure critical outcomes are met.
• Continually evaluate the security organization’s capability to define, develop, and implement scalable, resilient, and effective structures and controls.
• Engage stakeholders to ensure appropriate decision-making regarding security analysis, planning, and evolution.

Requirements

• 5–7 years professional experience in information security, field security, GRC and/or customer-facing technical leadership roles.
• Proven track record of consulting with senior leadership and enterprise customers on business-critical security concerns and structural/operational implications.
• Strong experience in security audits, due diligence questionnaires, and third-party vendor management practices.
• Experience with technical concepts of software development, including Kubernetes, with a proven track record of vulnerability management.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, EU AI Act, DORA, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience establishing organizational standards and managing complex project plans in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Deep understanding of multiple security perspectives, including customer business cases, physical infrastructure, and information assurance.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly working alongside Sales, Product, and Engineering teams.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Because this role supports the US government, candidates must be US citizens who reside on US soil.

You are

• Analytical: leveraging multiple sources of data to gain a holistic understanding before reaching conclusions and making clear-eyed decisions about field security risks and trade-offs.
• Authentic: demonstrating self-awareness, self-mastery, and a commitment to ongoing reflection that reinforces integrity across the leadership team.
• Inclusive: soliciting diverse opinions, giving others time to think, and leading others to recognize assumptions and biases that might sway decision-making.
• Adaptable: ensuring a holistic approach to learning and adapting in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Consistent: demonstrating a consistent approach and manner in all circumstances and ensuring actions align with personal and company values.

Measures of success

• Within the first month: gain a holistic understanding of Collibra's field security landscape, establish relationships with key Sales, Product, and Engineering stakeholders, and evaluate current organizational standards.
• Within three months: actively consult with senior stakeholders within strategically important customers, address critical issues, and begin setting priorities to direct/re-direct field security efforts.
• Within six months: define and manage the Field Security strategic roadmap, implement scalable controls, and ensure security initiatives add business value and foster customer loyalty.

Compensation for this role

The standard base salary range for this position is $204,000 - $255,000 per year. This position is not eligible for additional commission-based compensation. Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, and location.

In addition to base salary, Collibra offers equity ownership, bonus potential, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401k plans, and more.

Benefits

Collibra offers a flexible benefits program including competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on their careers site.